CIFA - Sub-Committee for lake Tanganyika (11th Session)The major topics discussed were: status of Lake Tanganyika fisheries by national sectors; Lake Tanganyika fisheries management issues and the Regional Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) Project; the status of the Regional Programme for the Management of Lake Tanganyika; and the future role of the FAO CIFA Sub-Committee following establishment of the Lake Tanganyika Authority. Members of the Sub-Committee endorsed a workplan and timetable for establishment and staffing of the Lake Tanganyika Authority.

31st Annual Conference of the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centres (IAMSLIC): “Information for Responsible Fisheries”This year the Conference will be held in cooperation
with the Fisheries Department, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, in Rome (Italy).
The International Association of Aquatic and Marine
Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC)
was founded in 1975 and today has over 300 members
in 70 countries. IAMSLIC provides a forum for the
exchange of ideas and expertise. Its membership is
international, with representation from developed and
developing countries in all regions. Facilitating the
sharing of information resources and expertise is one of
the important contributions of IAMSLIC towards bridging
information inequalities and providing speedy access to a
broader information base.

NEPAD Technical Symposium and Fish for All Summit for AfricaIn collaboration with the WorldFish Center and the FAO Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme, FishCode is contributing support for the organisation and implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Technical Symposium and Fish for All Summit for Africa, to be held in Abuja, Nigeria from 22-25 August 2005. The events aim to: (a) establish a shared understanding among key stakeholders of the current status and likely future trends of African fisheries and aquaculture; (b) identify priorities for the development of fisheries and aquaculture in Africa within the context of the NEPAD programme; and (c) agree future directions for research and capacity building in support of these development priorities.

The FAO/CWP workshop on the role of Regional Fishery Bodies and the CWP in
Implementation of the FAO Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of
Capture Fisheries (Strategy-STF) was hosted by ICES on 28 February -1 March 2005 in
Copenhagen. Denmark. The objective workshop was to identify the roles that RFBs and
CWP could play in the implementation of the Strategy-STF.

Southwest Indian Ocean Vessel Monitoring Systems WorkshopThe Workshop was supported by the 'Assistance to Developing Countries for the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing Programme' (FISHCODE), and in particular the FISHCODE project 'Support for the Implementation of the IPOA/IUU'. The purpose of the Workshop was: (i) to provide information on all aspects of VMS, (ii) to sensitise the countries in the SWIO area on the need for cooperation on VMS and (iii) to enable discussions at a technical level leading to active cooperation on VMS with particular regard to the tuna fisheries.